Students can petition to take courses outside their concentration area or at the PhD level if the course is relevant to their future career plans and they obtain permission of the course instructor and the director of graduate studies.

Field Training Experience

Apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom and engage in the practice of public health through a placement at a site of your choosing. Register for your department's version of this course.

Integrative Project

Incorporate what you learned from the program coursework and your field training experience into a paper and presentation that addresses a specific public health issue. Register for your department's version of this course.

Interprofessional Forum

Interprofessional collaborative practice, or the ability to work effectively on teams with professionals across many health or health-related disciplines, is an important competency for public health professionals. MPH students gain foundational interprofessional concepts in their Field Training course.

MPH students also participate in one Interprofessional Forum during their MPH. The Forum is offered once per semester and upcoming dates can be found at the link above.

Students can petition to take courses outside their concentration area or at the PhD level if the course is relevant to their future career plans and they obtain permission of the course instructor and the MPH graduate director.

Field Training Experience

Apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom and engage in the practice of public health through a placement at a site of your choosing. Register for your department's version of this course.

Integrative Project

Incorporate what you learned from the program coursework and your field training experience into a paper and presentation that addresses a specific public health issue. Register for your department's version of this course.

Forms and Documentation

In addition, you will complete and submit a field training report to your faculty advisor at the end of your experience. Students beginning the MPH in Fall 2018 or later will also deliver a brief presentation or complete a journal about your activities.

You will also need to complete:

Application to Candidacy Form (ATC)The ATCis generally filed after your second or third semester in the MPH program.Complete the ATC formand submit to the UB Graduate School by the date indicated on the form.

Multi-Purpose Report for Graduate Degree Completion "M-Form" Once you have completed all integrative project requirements, fill out the M-Form. This final, signed form must be submitted to Karen DeGarmo, graduate program coordinator, in order for you to graduate.